#PrayForMarawi trends on social media

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 24) — Prayers flooded social media amid reports of local terror group Maute's takeover and burning of public and private facilities in Marawi City, Tuesday afternoon.

The incident also prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the whole island of Mindanao and cut his official visit in Russia.

In a press conference late Tuesday evening, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Maute group occupied several establishments in Marawi City: the Amai Pakpak Hospital the city hall and the city jail, as well as part of the Mindanao State University Compound.

Some facilities were also burned: the St. Mary's Church, the city jail, the Ninoy Aquino School, and the Dansalan College.